So... They Have Started Doing Research On Non-Traumagetic Systems
Info about me: I am a traumagetic OSDD1B system, that's all. I'm not too open about it but I thought I should make it clear that I'm not posting this out of bias.
They recently have started doing research on non-traumagetic systems over the past 4 or so years. Research on this type of thing will go extremely slow and even if you self identify as a sysmed I please beg you to atleast keep an open mind while they do this research. If the main reason you're against non-traumagenic systems is because of the lack of research & evidence, then I expect you to not immediately shut down the research and just let them do their thing and see how it goes.
Here is what has been researched so far.
Tulpas and Mental Health: A Study of Non-Traumagenic Plural Experiences by Jacob J Isler
(If you do not belong to a culture, you can not decide what they should find offensive. However, if Buddhists come forward and say they are uncomfortable with non-buddhist systems using the term "tulpa", I think the community would be open to change the name and use different terminology.)
The idea that although plurality can be a part of a disorder, it does not have to be one (defining disorder as the cause for dysfunction or harm in one's life) as it can be possible for a system to live together without harm or dysfunction or that plurality can be therapeutic to some
A small amount of info on the online tulpa community (began in 2010 for example)
The affects having tulpas have on people's brains (Over half of the subjects have been diagnosed with a mental illness and/or neurodivergancy, including 25% of tulpamancers were reported to be autistic, 21% have ADHD/ADD, and 18% have some sort of an anxiety disorder. 94% of these people found improvement in their coping abilities, functioning, and social interactions after developing tulpas)
Details on how a tulpa may help the subject cope with and control their mental illnesses, including a respondent with schizophrenia claiming they're able to help them through delusions and hallucinations.
The average ages of tulpa systems, the average of where they live, and the average of the hosts' race.
How more recent studies say that even with traumagenic plurality, the goal isn't always "merging" the system together but can also be to live with the system healthily
It's important to note that there were only around 365 accounts that responded to the surveys taken, so the sample sizes were kind of small. It's also important to note that this study wasn't done to claim whether or not tulpas are real, but to examine the mental health of tulpa systems.
In short: there is general improvement in the lives of those who gain tulpa systems, according to this study.
Personality Characteristics of Tulpamancers and Their Tulpas by Anna Martin, Bailey Thompson and Steven Lancaster
A slightly more detailed (but not by much) history of how the tulpa community formed
More info on how tulpas can be creates to personify and over come fears
91% of participants stated their tulpas positively impacted their life, 9% of participants stated it had a neutral impact
78% of participants with mental health issues stated the tulpas had a positive impact on their coping ability and mental health, 22% of participants stated it had a neutral impact
47% of participants all together stated tulpas had a positive impact on their social life, 49% stated the impact was neutral
This one did test the relationship & personality differences between the tulpa and subject
Some of the people interviewed in the first study were also interviewed in this one, giving similar answers and responses to the questions. So you may find a quote from a subject or two to be the same in this study and the study above.
Multiplicity: An Explorative Interview Study on Personal Experiences of People with Multiple Selves by Gergő Ribáry, László Lajtai, and Aniko Maraz
This study was mostly interviews, but it's important to note that because the url ends in .gov it means that the website it was posted on is government regulated. Frontiers in Psychology doesn't seem to be interested in trying to prove whether or not they exist, but trying to make their experiences more well-known.
Both traumagetic and non-traumagetic plurality
Their message of pushing for more research towards being plural and healthy ways someone can cope with being plural
Historic dates of when major discoveries were found out surrounding multiplicity (From as far back as the 50s to as recent as 2012) and how our understanding of it has changed over the years
How multiplicity is being used to explore the relationship between the stability of the self and the overall wellbeing of someone
Multiple interviews with individual experiences (that lasted from 20 to 70 minutes long) that were consulted by psychiatrists
^^ at the end of the article you can read about the people they interviewed
The different forums including multiplicity over the years
They mention ideas around multiplicity and it's possible connection gender dysphoria
Some extra they pointed out is that they are also moving on to research otherkin identities as well
I kept the studies kinda vague because I want to encourage you guys to read about it yourselves and see what you think.
This should be exciting information for anyone no matter what side of system discourse they're on. Please no trying to contact the people who conducted or were a part of these interviews to send them hate or harassment. The fact that this is being studied at all is very cool in my point of view!
// if I misused some words let me know, I often misplace everyday words or definitions
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